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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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Looks Like a Teddy, Wears Like a Grizzly
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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance
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Featured Stories

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
By Travis Haley
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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
By Lola Méndez
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Sports
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Pack your bags...

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

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Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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Drinks
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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Watches
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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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Synchron Poseidon Ice Diver

Swiss microbrand Synchron is back with a watch that's made for cold water diving. The Poseidon Ice Diver mimics the shape of the '70s Doxa-inspired Synchron Military watch. The Poseidon comes from Synchron's work with Sweden-based dive gear company, Poseidon Diving Systems. The dial gets Synchron's famous blocky markers, this…

By Amos Kwon
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The 5 Best Japanese Pocket Knives You Can Buy on Amazon

There are plenty of options to choose from when it comes to pocket knives. The choices are seemingly endless when you factor in the different types of pocket knife blades and styles. Do you want a fixed blade or a folding pocket knife? Do you want to spend a whole…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Atari Teamed Up With With MyArcade for a New Gamestation Plus Console

In the world of retro gaming consoles, there's no more trusted source than MyArcade. Case in point, the upcoming Atari x MyArcade Gamestation Plus Console. With titles from the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, and Atari Arcade, this sleek and stylish console setup channels retro dreams and modern technology. It's paired…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
HOKA Reaches New Territory with their Trail Code GTX

Whether you're hitting the trails or braving the cold, HOKA's newest hiking shoe, the Trail Code GTX, is a great option for anyone in the market. Designed for long-term wear without fatiguing your feet, nothing is spared in terms of design and functionality of this shoe. Let's start with the…

By Brett Braley
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Aptera Launch Edition

We can't quite say whether or not the very-long-awaited Aptera teardrop-shaped EV is too late to the party, but it is finally going to be sold to consumers who probably already forgot about it. The sleek three-wheeler gets 400+ miles of all-electric range, accelerates to 60 mph in under four…

By Amos Kwon
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